Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Annagh, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.41052, -8.30243
- SMR number
- LI049-085----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In reclaimed pasture, 80m E of townland boundary with Castlecreagh, an enclosure (LI049-084----) lies 150m to the N. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a raised oval-shaped area defined by a scarp, intersected at S and N by a post-1700 field boundary running N-S. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 25m N-S; 16m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank, incorporated into field boundary from NW-N-E-S. Overgrown monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.
See attached Google Earth orthoimages.
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 5 October 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.